First Book, James Strand Copy
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'" Being an Account of Their Adventures in the Strange Places of the Earth...
Publication: London: Chapman and Hall, 1907. First Edition.
Notes: The first book by author of The House on the Borderland. For this shipwreck horror novel set in the 18th century, Hodgson drew upon his experience as a teenaged sailor.
"Survivors of a shipwreck encounter strange lifeforms in a seaweed-engulfed environment; this novel inspired Dennis Wheatley's Uncharted Seas... All of Hodgson's fiction seeks a natural, often scientific explanation, which makes his work closer to SF than fantasy."—Clute, Encyclopedia of Fantasy.
"Not so much a plotted novel as a sequence of horrible situations involving monsters, strange cries, weird appearances, and perpetual peril... The story is filled with good sea lore and is remarkable for its evocation of emotion"—Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years, 1103.
Hodgson is "one of the most important formative influences in modern supernatural horror"—Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction.
The author was killed in combat during the First World War.
[8], 312 pages. Red cloth stamped in gilt.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A very good copy. Spine slightly faded; nick to cloth on fore-edge. Lacking the rare dust jacket.
This copy belonged to the Portland collector James Strand, with his estate bookplate on the front pastedown. Most of Strand's library was looted from his house after his death; this is one of the few notable books that the thieves left behind.
Item No: #365656
Price: $1,000